Former Yomiuri Giants star Hideki Matsui made news earlier this month with his decision to take a job with the New York Yankees. The move was seen as a curious one here for several reasons. The question many are asking is: “Why would Matsui ...

Hideki Matsui stepped into the batter’s box for old times’ sake and, with former New York Yankees teammate Derek Jeter watching, capped a special day by sending a ball over the fence and into the right-field seats at Tokyo Dome. One more home run ...

When Derek Jeter was asked whom he idolized growing up, he immediately mentioned Dave Winfield, saying the former Yankees player was “larger than life,” and that he had a poster of Winfield in his room as a child. Then a wry smile flashed across ...

Former New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui has been hired as a special advisor to team general manager Brian Cashman, the American League club announced on Tuesday. The Japanese slugger, a fan favorite at Yankee Stadium, was named 2009 World Series MVP after batting ...

Former New York Yankees teammates Hideki Matsui and Derek Jeter will throw out the ceremonial first pitches at Tokyo Dome before the March 21 preseason game between the Yomiuri Giants and Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, the Giants said Thursday. Matsui, who starred for the ...

Retired former New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui will observe the Yomiuri Giants’ spring training camp in Miyazaki on Feb. 3-4, Giants team representative Atsushi Harasawa revealed on Friday. The news came a day after it was announced that Matsui will visit the Yokohama ...

Retired former New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui is scheduled to observe the Yokohama BayStars’ spring training camp in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, from Feb. 5-7, the Central League club announced on Thursday. Matsui, 40, who had stints with the Los Angles Angels, the Oakland ...

Yomiuri Giants owner Kojiro Shiraishi said Thursday it might be difficult to have former Giants and New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui back this season as an instructor during spring training. Matsui, who worked as a spring training coach with both clubs last season, ...

Retired New York Yankees greats Derek Jeter and Hideki Matsui are teaming up once again, this time in support of children in the Tohoku region. The former MLB All-Stars will participate in the Tomodachi Charity Baseball Game on March 21, 2015, at Tokyo Dome, ...

More than 300 former Yomiuri Giants players, including Hideki Matsui and Shigeo “Mr. Giants” Nagashima, were at Tokyo Dome on Opening Night to participate in a ceremony celebrating the franchise’s 80th anniversary. So there was no way the present-day Kyojin were going to let ...

The craftsman whose bats have launched thousands of big league hits for Ichiro Suzuki and Hideki Matsui is calling it quits after half a century at his craft. Master bat maker Isokazu Kubota told a news conference on Tuesday that having trained the next ...